Sans Contrasted Lerus 5 is a regular weight, wide, high contrast, upright, short x-height font.
Keywords: posters, headlines, book covers, branding, titles, quirky, mysterious, dramatic, playful, spiky, expressive display, theatrical impact, stylized novelty, distinct branding, angular, sharp, flared, tapered, whimsical.
A stylized sans display face with pronounced stroke modulation and tapered, blade-like terminals. Forms mix rounded bowls with abrupt, angular cuts and occasional flares, creating a lively, irregular rhythm. Counters tend to stay open and clear, while joins and endings often resolve into pointed wedges or thin hairline flicks. Overall proportions feel loosely classical but intentionally idiosyncratic, with noticeable variation in character widths and a slightly uneven, hand-drawn energy despite consistent construction.
Best suited to display settings where its distinctive terminals and contrast can be appreciated—posters, headlines, packaging accents, and entertainment or festival branding. It can work for short bursts of text (pull quotes, chapter titles) when given ample size and spacing, but it is less appropriate for dense UI or long-form reading.
The tone reads theatrical and slightly eerie, with a whimsical, storybook edge. Sharp terminals and high-contrast strokes give it a dramatic presence that suggests magic, fantasy, or vintage oddity rather than neutrality.
The design appears intended to deliver a memorable, characterful voice by combining a sans foundation with expressive contrast and sharp, tapered finishing. Its mix of rounded structure and pointed detailing aims for immediacy and atmosphere, prioritizing personality and visual impact in titling contexts.
In text, the spiky terminals and narrow hairlines become key identity markers; they add sparkle at larger sizes but can create visual noise when tightly set. Numerals follow the same tapered logic, with simplified, graphic shapes that feel more decorative than strictly utilitarian.